RC 261031SAfmKgomotso Matsunyane & Ndumiso Ngcobo
Saturday, 31 October 2026
Crime, coalition politics and the run-up to the 4 November local elections dominated, with the Khan and Johnson bail hearing and a Western Cape taxi-violence interdict among the morning's headlines.
- 07:01
Former Crime Intelligence deputy head Firoz Khan and former IDAC head Andrea Johnson were each granted R10,000 bail in Pretoria court over an alleged leak of a confidential police docket in 2018.
- 09:00
The Western Cape High Court granted an interim interdict against the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association and the Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations, barring violence, intimidation and road blockades. They have until 20 November to show why it should not be final.
- 08:04
Home Affairs offices will open extended hours, from 7am to 9pm on election day, 4 November, with walk-ins allowed for voters who need ID documents or temporary identity certificates to cast their ballots.
- 07:04
Police are seeking information on four suspects who set alight five trucks on the N3 on Thursday. One driver was pointed at with a firearm, and the case is being investigated as armed robbery and malicious damage to property.
- 07:05
China and Germany joined Russia in publicly challenging Washington's exclusion of South Africa from G20 activities, as foreign ministers gathered in Atlanta. South Africa held the G20 presidency last year and remains a full member.